Comment Microsoft Hardware - Not like the Software (Score 1) 282
With the exception of the Microsoft Actimates (which any normal person could easily identify as satanistic worshipping devices [specifically referring to the teletubbies series]), the entire Microsoft Hardware line is of exceptional quality. I'd be interrested in taking a look at their budget and seeing how much money goes into this division.
I agree with all previous posts, the quality of mice produced is exceptional. I use an intellimouse at home and an intellimouse pro at school. Both are incredibly comfortable to use.
Getting back to the new technology Microsoft is putting out, I have to rant against all these other "look, I can design a hardware peripheral too!" companies.
Most products on the market today are simple regurgitations of old products. The Microsoft Natural Keyboard was one of the original ergonomic keyboards. At last count, I could identify fifty different companies with their own "unique ergonomic keyboard" either varying from the original model only enough to avoid a patent infringement, or a serious warp to make it look original and render their aim for an ergonomic keyboard useless.
I started getting early signs of CTS this november. I recieved a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite for christmas, while I had to learn to type all over again, I wouldn't go back. I still have to work out my posture but I've noticed a serious improvement. Despite what anybody else says, it isn't just a media thing.
I have an acquaintance I sometimes hesitate to call my friend. He's rather odd, but knowledgeable. A hardcore gamer, he followed the début of the force feedback technology. Granted, Microsoft bought the technology from another company, however when you consider how far it was from being realized and implemented, what Microsoft did for the technology was pretty impressive. The fact that there was a big name backing the technology caused many software developers to add FF support to their game.
Any Microsoft Critic would think that the Microsoft Phone is a "Big Brother" scenario all over again. Still, nobody thought of it before and it's a really practical use of integrating common technology with the computer in order to get more from it.
One thing is for certain, in the next few years we'll notice a lot more new hardware on the market. If a company like Microsoft can raise the quality expectations of hardware manufacturers, so much the better.
I agree with all previous posts, the quality of mice produced is exceptional. I use an intellimouse at home and an intellimouse pro at school. Both are incredibly comfortable to use.
Getting back to the new technology Microsoft is putting out, I have to rant against all these other "look, I can design a hardware peripheral too!" companies.
Most products on the market today are simple regurgitations of old products. The Microsoft Natural Keyboard was one of the original ergonomic keyboards. At last count, I could identify fifty different companies with their own "unique ergonomic keyboard" either varying from the original model only enough to avoid a patent infringement, or a serious warp to make it look original and render their aim for an ergonomic keyboard useless.
I started getting early signs of CTS this november. I recieved a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite for christmas, while I had to learn to type all over again, I wouldn't go back. I still have to work out my posture but I've noticed a serious improvement. Despite what anybody else says, it isn't just a media thing.
I have an acquaintance I sometimes hesitate to call my friend. He's rather odd, but knowledgeable. A hardcore gamer, he followed the début of the force feedback technology. Granted, Microsoft bought the technology from another company, however when you consider how far it was from being realized and implemented, what Microsoft did for the technology was pretty impressive. The fact that there was a big name backing the technology caused many software developers to add FF support to their game.
Any Microsoft Critic would think that the Microsoft Phone is a "Big Brother" scenario all over again. Still, nobody thought of it before and it's a really practical use of integrating common technology with the computer in order to get more from it.
One thing is for certain, in the next few years we'll notice a lot more new hardware on the market. If a company like Microsoft can raise the quality expectations of hardware manufacturers, so much the better.
